What speaks more love than flower's bloom?
They fill the air with sweet perfume,
and give the eye a vivid view
that sets the scene with bright display.
Such beauty spreads in every way.
There's some presenting ruffled edge,
to grace an ornamental hedge,
with inner charm of subtle hue.
While other buds will burst with flair,
to fan out, sleek and debonair.
In either case, when picked with pride,
or purchased from a floral shop,
love's true intentions never stop,
when given to your lovely bride.
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Author Notes
Happy Valentine's Day to all you brides and love mates.
This poem is a Roserian Sonnet.
The Roserian Sonnet was created by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines. It consists of two Quintets or Quintrains (5 line stanza) plus a closing Quatrain. The two Quintrains are interlinked with a shared rhyme in the third line (middle) of each. So there are two rhyming couplets in the first stanza with another rhyme sandwiched between them that matches the one in the center of the second stanza. It's almost like a peek-a-boo rhyme. The closing Quatrain uses an enveloping rhyme. It's usually written in iambic. Volta somewhere after line 8.
So it's a Quintet + Quintet + Quatrain, using a rhyme scheme of:
aabcc ddbee fggf
This photograph was taken by the author himself on July 11, 2015.
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